Colombia (cycling team)

Not to be confused with Team Columbia.

Colombia (UCI team code: COL) was a Colombian UCI Professional Continental cycling team based in Adro (Italy) that participated in UCI Continental Circuits and UCI World Tour races.^[2]

Colombia

Team information
UCI code	COL
Registered	Adro, Italy
Founded	2012 (2012)
Disbanded	2015
Discipline(s)	Road
Status	UCI Professional Continental
Bicycles	Wilier[1]
Website	Team home page
Key personnel
General manager	Claudio Corti
Team manager(s)	Valerio Tebaldi Oscar Pelliccioli Oliverio Rincon Quintana Marco Corti
Team name history
2012 2013–2015	Colombia–Coldeportes Colombia
Colombia (cycling team) jersey Jersey

History

In January 2012, it was announced that the team had received invites to the Italian classic races Tirreno–Adriatico, Milan–San Remo and Giro di Lombardia.^[3] They were invited to ride the 2013 Giro d'Italia.^[4] The team was also invited to the 2014 Giro d'Italia,^[5] where during the tenth stage of the race, members of the team wore a white cockade, in memory of the people who died in the Fundación bus fire in Colombia.^[6] In 2015 they were invited to the Vuelta a España for the first time.^[7] At 30 August it became clear that Cano, Qunitero and Ávila who all cycle for Team Colombia, was picked out for Colombia National Team at the 2015 UCI Road World Championships in Richmond, Virginia.^[8]

In October 2015, the team announced they would be disbanding and not returning for the 2016 season, citing shortfalls in sponsorship from the Colombian Sports Ministry.^[9]

Team roster

As of 31 January 2015.^[10]

Rider Date of birth  Edwin Ávila (COL) (1989-12-21)21 December 1989 (aged 26)  Alex Cano (COL) (1983-03-13)13 March 1983 (aged 32)  Camilo Castiblanco (COL) (1988-11-24)24 November 1988 (aged 27)  Edward Díaz (COL) (1994-08-19)19 August 1994 (aged 21)  Fabio Duarte (COL) (1986-06-11)11 June 1986 (aged 29)  Leonardo Duque (COL) (1980-04-10)10 April 1980 (aged 35)  Daniel Martínez (COL) (1996-04-25)25 April 1996 (aged 19)  Juan Sebastián Molano (COL) (1994-04-11)11 April 1994 (aged 21)  Darwin Pantoja (COL) (1990-09-25)25 September 1990 (aged 25)

Rider Date of birth  Jonathan Paredes (COL) (1989-04-04)4 April 1989 (aged 26)  Walter Pedraza (COL) (1981-11-27)27 November 1981 (aged 34)  Carlos Quintero (COL) (1986-03-05)5 March 1986 (aged 29)  Brayan Ramírez (COL) (1992-11-20)20 November 1992 (aged 23)  Carlos Ramírez (COL) (1994-10-26)26 October 1994 (aged 21)  Miguel Ángel Rubiano (COL) (1984-10-03)3 October 1984 (aged 31)  Cayetano Sarmiento (COL) (1987-03-28)28 March 1987 (aged 28)  Rodolfo Torres (COL) (1987-03-21)21 March 1987 (aged 28)  Juan Pablo Valencia (COL) (1988-05-02)2 May 1988 (aged 27)

Major wins

2012

Stage 4 Giro del Trentino, Darwin Atapuma

Prologue Vuelta a Colombia, Fabio Duarte

Stage 5 Vuelta a Colombia, Juan Pablo Forero

Stage 5 Vuelta a Burgos, Esteban Chaves

Gran Premio Città di Camaiore, Esteban Chaves

Coppa Sabatini, Fabio Duarte

2013

Stage 6 Tour de Pologne, Darwin Atapuma

Stage 1 Tour de l'Ain, Leonardo Duque

Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli, Leonardo Duque

2014

Stage 1 Tour de Langkawi, Dúber Quintero

 Colombia Road Race Championships, Miguel Ángel Rubiano

Stage 2 Vuelta a Colombia, Jeffry Romero

National champions

2014

Colombian Road Race Miguel Ángel Rubiano